I arrived at the garden on Saturday morning to find these beauties inside the fence. Such a lovely treat. These kale, collards, broccoli and tomatoes are the first transplants that Ginkgo has planted this season.
A special shout out is in order for the awesome team from the Palmer House Hilton. These transplant gurus snapped to work by divvying up the labor. One person to place the plants evenly on the soil, one to dig a hole, one to loosen the roots and pop the transplant in. I've never seen such a coordinated effort at Ginkgo and I tried to assure them that we weren't task masters, but the team indicated that tight deadlines were their specialty. Hard working, efficient, and you couldn't ask for a friendlier bunch. Thanks and thanks!
We missed Chris on round 1 of the group photo, but his efforts shouldn't go unmentioned. Before embarking on back to back trips around the country to split sides with his improv and responsibly celebrate, Chris added to his track record as a weed annihilation machine and helped to get those transplants in and fences up.
Bobbi-Lee cleaned out our earth machine which was full of the lightest fluffiest compost I've ever handled. We usually just ignore the bins and focus more on our managed 3 bin systems, but this passive approach broke some high quality trimmings down into the definition of loamy.
Here we are using kale as a border crop to maximize output per bed. There should be plenty of space to reach in and handle the tomatoes and all we need now are some marigolds to ward off flea beetles. I can't wait to see these beds all grown up.
